Wire handle for containers



June 2, 1931. o. E. FLORANG WIRE HANDLE FOR oCONTAINERS Filed July 18, 1930 Patented June 2,` 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE oscAR n. rLonANG, ori-BURLINGTON, IOWA WIRE HANDLE :son coit'lanvrtlas4 Application mea my 1s, '1930;l Serin No.' 468,810.

It has been customary time out of mind to( l@ bend these clincher arms in upright fashion parallel with the bifurcations of the handle loops, whereby when the upright handle loops are bent outwardly and inwardl in the necessary manipulations thereof, said clincher arms will extend inwardly of the basket,

which is found in practice to puncture and injure from two to four of the best apples or other fruit at the top of the basket, which in view of the large number of baskets of ap- Z ples and other fruit marketed each season amounts to a very considerable loss each year, in that the injured fruit must be sold at a loss if it sold at all.

It is the object'of the invention to so ap- Zb ply these wire handles to the baskets in a simple and inexpensive way that this loss will be eliminated and a great saving eected.

The invention consists in the novel'construction and combinations of parts as here- 39 inafter set forth.

y In the accompanying drawings illustrating an embodiment of the invention:

Figure l is a side view of the ordinary wire handle as applied to a basket shown in sec` tion, the bent position of the handle being in dotted lines. 'y

Figure 2 is a similar view of applicants wire handle. Y

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the center slat, the bent position of the handle being in dotted lines.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the basket, showing the invention applied thereto, in modified form.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the basket as a whole.

In these drawings the numeral 1 designates a bushel basket, provided at opposite sides with upright wire handle loops 2 ex- Vthe cover of the basket lis to be applied or referential wall of the basket. f

tending above the top of the basket, and?) is.V `a cover, provided with a diametric slat 4 .which islongerf thanthe other slats thereof and'projects endwise of said cover into engagement with thesaid upright handle loops to` hold the cover in place, no other securing means being employed for said cover. When Vthe cover is put on the basketvafter itl is packed Vor when said cover is to be removed,

the handle loops are bent outwardly or back- 1 wardly so that the longer diametric cover slat may be engaged with or disengaged from the handles. As a result, if the wire handlesv are Amade as inthe past, the terminal bends or .clincher arms 5, inthe necessary manipulations of'said handles will extend inwardly of the basket as shown in Fig.l l in dotted lines, and said clincher arms will bite into and injure from two to four of the bestapples in Y thebasket, the best fruit being always placed `inthetopmost layer.

In the present case, the wirelhandle loops 6 have thevbifurcations 7 thereof provided `with lower bends or fastener members Sextending through the sides ofthe basket and stantially parallel to the axis of bending be- 'tween' said loopv and said fastener members close to the inner wall of the basket, and when moved as explained, these clincher arms inthe necessary manipulations of said handle loops .willhave no tendency to and will not become distorted or'bent inwardlyfof the basket, to

thereby .bite into and injure the fruit in the baske. i

Fig* 5, wherein the clincher arms 110 `extend 4towards each other close to the inner circum- In the main form of the inventio'mithe Apoints of the "clincherfV arms 9` which `extend closer to the inner sideof the basket, due to 1 the curve of the basket running towards the points or ends of these bends.

This is explained bythe fact that if for example the clincher arms 9 and l0, in both main form and modication are at the same angle, there. will lbe a :convergence of said 4terminal bendsy or clincher arms 9 lying subc A modification of the inventionisshown in away. from each-other will tend `to remain 'i f f y 1,808,650

clincher arms withthe inside curve of thev basket inthel main form and a divergence in the modification.

I elaimzv Y l. In combination, a container, a wire loop having fastener members integral therewith, passing loosely transversely through-the wall of said container, said fastener members including a clincher arm disposed close `tothe inner wallV of the container, said loop bend-Y able into different positions lrelative 'to-'saidv fastener members, and said clincher arm, lying substantially parallel "to theaXis "of" bending between said loop and ,saidfastenerj Y members.

:2. In combination, a basket, .a wire loop basketfastener members integral therewith, @passing looselytransverfsely through thewall nof the basket, said fastenerY members includ- -320 ingieachav clincher arm disposedclosetothe y innerwall ofthe basket, said loop being bend- :ableqinto different positions relative, to said fastener members, and said clincher arms lyingsubstantially parallel: to the axisfof v .bending between said loop and vsaidfastenerV members. f

:In combination, fa basket, an integral wire loop havingfits end portions bent'to -form fastener memberspassing loosely transverselyivthroufgh the wall ofthe ybasket,\said lfastener ,members .having termi-nal.-bends V-forming'A clincher arms disposed circumferenti-allyof the basket close to the inner wall thereof,- said gloop beingbendable into Vvdiffe-rent positions relative to said fastener members, and said clincher arms lyingfsubs'tantiallyparallelto .the aX-is of bending lbetween {said-,loop andfsaid fastener members. Y 4;, The' combination with a basket'having-ia ai@ -in'ar @final ri-maround 'the Ito of aV wire han'- Hdle having spaced depending legs extending Vdownwardly .along the outer side of the basket..ri1n, thence inwardly through'apertures inthe rim and rterminating i-n portions vwhich extend 'eircumferentially along;V and 'are i clinehedfagainstthe'inner face ofthe basket '.rim.' g i *Y* Y' y'llieV eonibin'ationV with a baskethavingf-a lmarginal rim around the top, of a wire han- Y no Vdie having spaced-depending legs extending v e Y downwardly along the outer side of the'fbas-` ket rim, .thence f inwardly through apertures f in the @and-terminating'in;horizontallpor tions -which extend circumferentially ralong .55 and are clinched against the'inner face-ofthe basketl rim.

Y testimony whereof. I-

m'y si'gnat.

OSCAR' E; 'FLQRANGL 

